Valentine’s Day is Last Day for CARES Applications (Philippines)

Valentine’s Day is Last Day for CARES Applications (Philippines)

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) needs 530 nurses to be deployed in various government hospitals nationwide to provide personalized care of patients.

PhilHealth President Dr. Eduardo Banzon reportedly said the nurses will be part of the Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) program. Once employed, a staff member will receive P15,000 monthly compensation and a health insurance.

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Banzon added that interested nurses have until February 14, 2012 to apply online. Applicants should email their respective resumes to hrmdd.admin@philhealth.gov.ph under the subject heading “PhilHealth CARES Application.”

After which, the website to go to fill in additional details is https://cares.philhealth.gov.ph.

It is required that applicants should have excellent communication skills (oral and written); have the ability to listen and respond to customer concerns; be knowledgeable about Microsoft Office applications; and have the know-how in using online application systems on wireless communication devices.

Source: PhilHealth.gov.ph

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Updates on PhilHealth CARES: Applications are now open (Philippines)

Updates on PhilHealth CARES: Applications are now open (Philippines)

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced on February 1 that they are now accepting applications for their CARES program.


Under PhilHealth CARES  (PhilHealth Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff) Program,  600 registered nurses will soon be recruited and deployed by the to government hospitals nationwide to provide better, more personalized services to members at point-of-service.
Under the CARES program:

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• These nurses will be trained to help lessen the problems encountered in benefits availment of PhilHealth members.
• They will also help the hospitals in facilitating the documentary requirements and significantly reduce the number of Return-to-Hospital (RTH) claims, which affects the processing time of claims.
• They also perform data- gathering functions such as exit interviews with patients and members, surveys and other studies that PhilHealth might initiate in the future.
• The nurses will not do premium collection functions.

For its initial hiring, around 334 nurses will be assigned to Levels 3 and 4 government hospitals, and around 196 more will be deployed to Levels 1 and 2 hospitals which is expected to start in March 2012, after the recruitment and training processes have been completed. The engagement will run for six (6) months but may be renewed until end-2012.

Interested applicants may email their resumes to hrmdd.admin@philhealth.gov.ph under the subject heading“PhilHealth CARES application.”

Source: PhilHealth.gov.ph

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